Male vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$743
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$1910
🏠 One person rent	$835	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$624
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$643
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	7	24
😀 Quality of life	63	41
🏙️ Population	133K	7.82M

The cost of living in Male is 73% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 4218th and 6604th ($1284 vs $743) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 53rd in Maldives and China, respectively. Check Maldives vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Shangqiu ranked 319th in China, while ranked 4858th and 7053rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Shangqiu

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	Male	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$4.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$3.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$3564
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$1991
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$4.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$2.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$4.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$407
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$14498

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1207
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$347
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$295
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$255
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$284
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$348
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$391
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$358
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$304
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$507
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$302
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$462
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$345
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$406
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$465
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$469
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$325
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$309
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$391
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$341
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$358
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$409
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$337
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$533
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$327
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$319
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$357
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$321
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$328
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$424
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$523
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$379
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$585
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$326
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$399
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$417
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$339

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$621
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1400
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$604
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$746
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$541
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$668
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$584
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$617
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$640
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$532
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$626
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$616
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$801
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$660
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$599
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$563
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$554
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$608
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$599
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$613
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$585
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$506
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$583
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$640
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$570
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$579
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$610
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$601
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$651
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$521
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$532
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$605
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$589
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$550
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$583
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$543